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Detroit Fair and Expositiou. 



AmoDg Western enterprises of large note 

 and importance this year, in wliich many 

 readers will And departments of direct 

 interest to tlieir business, is the Detroit 

 International Fair and Exposition, to be 

 held in Detroit, Mich., Aug. 26 to Sept. 6 

 inclusive. The grounds of this Exposition 

 are the finest, and its buildings the largest 

 and handsomest of any Fair or Exposition 

 in the world. It offers the largest and most 

 costly list of cash premiums ever given on 

 this continent. This great Fair is conti- 

 nental in its scope, and embraces exhibits 

 from all over the United States and 

 Canada. It was the largest and most suc- 

 cessful exhibition on this continent last 

 year, and it promises to be still larger and 

 better this year. The attendance last year 



feet, and all the buildings are lighted with 

 electricity, so that every animal or stall 

 may be attended at night as freely as by 

 day. The facilities tor parading and dis- 

 playing stock upon the grounds, as well as 

 in the stables, are imsurpassed. 



Nor will the useful only be amply pro- 

 vided for, for every variety of spectacle 

 and sport, music and art, will furnish 

 charming pleasures for the multitudes. 



The best music in America will be fur- 

 nished in daily and nightly concerts by 

 Cappa's renowned Seventh Regiment New 

 York Baud, with forty eminent soloists. 



The magnificent Art Hall will be filled 

 with 300 of the choicest American and Eu- 

 ropean paintings, statuary and other fine 

 art works. 



The Apiary Department should have the 

 very finest displaj^ ever seen in America. 

 The most noted bee-keepers of Canada and 

 the United States are invited to compete, 

 not only with their choicest colonies, but 



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International Fair and Exposition, Detroit, Mich. 



numbered hundreds of thousands of people 

 from all parts of the United States and 

 Canada, and is confidently expected to be 

 greatly increased this year. 



Not only are there to be first-class ex- 

 hibits from individuals and firms from all 

 the States in the Union, and from Canada 

 and Mexico, but the great transcontinental 

 lines of railway from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, and from Canada to the Gulf and 

 City of Mexico, will collect and aggiegate 

 for exhibition, agricultural, mineral and 

 other rich products along their lines, and 

 the vast buildings and grounds of the 

 Exposition will be crowded with a gi-and 

 display of the animal, vegetable, mineral 

 and industrial wealth and prosperity of the 

 whole American continent. All the latest 

 inventions and the grand triumphs of in- 

 ventions and mechanics will also be pro- 

 fusely displayed. 



There are stables for all kinds of stock, 

 which cover acres of ground, those for 

 each class of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, 

 poultry, etc., being built in an immense 

 hollow square, leaving a large open areua 

 in the centre for exercise and display. 

 There are water troughs, with facilities for 

 cleaning as well as drinking, every 300 



also with the finest honey and wax in all 

 shapes, hives, combs, implements, and 

 everything pertaining to the business, for 

 which the largest cash premiums are 

 ottered. 



We call special attention to the following 

 letter from Mr. H. D. Cutting, Superin- 

 tendent of the Bee and Honey Department 

 of the Detroit Fair Exposition : 



I would like to call the attention of all 

 bee-keepers to this fact : It being an ex- 

 tra poor season for honey, an extra ex- 

 ertion must be made to secure a good 

 attendance of exhibitors. 



The Exposition Company have granted 

 everything we have asked for — given us an 

 extra space to show our products, the 

 largest premium list ever offered in this 

 country for this Department, also an expert 

 judge with a " world-wide reputation." If 

 we do not make a good exhibit, and fill the 

 space allotted to us, next year the list will 

 be reduced. They have been very liberal 

 with us, with the expectation that we are 

 to make a large, fine, and attractive 

 exhibit. 



Now, fellow beekeepers, do not let this 

 be a failure, but show the people that in 

 the face of a crop failure we can, and will, 

 sustain the good reputation already formed, 

 and make this a fine and attractive exhibit. 

 If you do find it impossible to be present, 

 and have anything pertaining to this 

 Department that you wish placed on 



exhibition, you can send it by express, 

 charges prepaid, to H. D. Cutting, Superin- 

 tendent of the Bee and Honey Department, 

 Detroit, Mich. It will be delivered to me 

 in the building, when it will receive good 

 care, and be placed on exhibition. Also 

 send me instructions what to do with 

 articles at the close of the exhibit. 



Mr. Hutchinson, of the Review, has sug- 

 gested that all bee-keepers intending to 

 visit the Exposition, meet "just after the 

 judging" on the first week, and visit the 

 Exposition in a body. You will be received 

 by a committee at the bee-keepers' head- 

 quarters, and shown over the buildings and 

 grounds, taking in all objects of interest. 

 Please be with us as visitors, if you cannot 

 come as exhibitors. H. D. Cutting. 



We desire to urge the bee-keepers of the 

 surrounding country to make a creditable 

 exhibit at Detroit. We know that it will 

 be the more difficult because of the poor 

 crop of honey, but there should be all the 

 more anxiety to show what can be done 

 even in a poor season. 



Eee-Keepers' Day is to be on Friday, 

 Aug. 29, and will be, no doubt, an interest- 

 ing time for all. Let there be a general 

 rally. 



Skunks in tlie Apiary. — On page 

 380, is a query about skunks molesting 

 bees, and there being but little experience 

 with these unsavory animals, as to their 

 propensity to attack bees, the following 

 additional testimony by Annie C. Webster, 

 in a recent issue of Farm Li/c,may interest 

 thepropounder of the question referred to, 

 if not others engaged in the pursuit : 



Skunks are quite frequent visitors to 

 bee-hives that are low down, and they 

 quickly depopulate a colony. Like many 

 other wood animals they have an insatia- 

 ble thirst for honey, and in order to satisfy 

 their cravings they will run the risk of 

 losing their lives. In the woods they will 

 frequently scent out a nest of bees, in the 

 hollow trunks of trees, and make a raid 

 upon it. 



It is impossible for them to get into a 

 good stout bee-hive, and they adopt other 

 means of satisfying their hunger. In the 

 night time they will scratch on the outside 

 of the hive until the bees are attracted by 

 the noise, and emerge from the small door- 

 way. The skunks will catch them as they 

 come out, and eat them. They never touch 

 the drones, or the bees that do not have 

 honey in their sacs. Their object is to get 

 the honey, and they eat the bees as the 

 only way of securing the coveted sweets. 



These are disagreeable visitors in the 

 spring and summer of the year, and colo- 

 nies will be completely demoralized, or 

 depopulated in a few nights if the animals 

 are not kept away. If the hives are placed 

 high up from the ground, no danger may 

 be expected from skunks ; but if they are 

 situated close down to the earth it will be 

 necessary to set traps for the animals. 

 Nothing is better for this than the common 

 steel trap. These traps should be set, on 

 the first signs of skunks in the neighbor- 

 hood, for a great deal of worry and damage 

 might be saved thereby. 



Quick Work. — I received the Globe 

 Bee-Veil to day, and I am well pleased with 

 it. I am also very much pleased with the 

 quick delivery of goods. I received them 

 in two days and a half after the money 

 was sent. — Bert Viager, Moline, Ills. 



